Too
much Squill
is overkill.
The smallest spill —
tiny blooms of white,
lightly striped with blue starlight —
brings a taste of spring to excite.
Yet my neighbor’s grown a sapphire glade
that tempts me into yearning for cool shade.
Too much Squill or just enough?
Mother Nature struts her stuff.
Copyright 2015 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: The first flowers are Puschkinia scilloides var. libanotica or Striped Squill. I wrote a previous poem to the blue Squill. I hope the spring is singing to you, as it’s singing to me. Have a wonderful week!
34 thoughts on “Squill Overkill”
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Beautiful flowers and words. You always see such special insights.
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LOL Thanks, Toni.
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How beautiful Brenda!… You are very talented when it comes to words!…
Have a wonderful almost friday ahead! Aquileana 😀
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Thanks, and have a great weekend, too!
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Brenda, so lovely. 🙂
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Thanks!!
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A wonderful celebration of those flowers – I love the idea of a sapphire glade! Pink cherry blossom, with little blue flowers on the ground, and some lilly white lovelies here and there – my kind of dream garden!! 😀
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The cherry trees here are in bloom. So lovely.
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Really really mindblowing
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Thanks!
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Your play on words make your writing so enjoyable to read. Loved this as your nod of appreciate all things Mother Nature this Spring.
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Thanks, Mary. That’s a nice thing to say. 🙂 I have fun with words. I wish I could paint like you do.
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“I hope the spring is singing to you, as it’s singing to me.” It definitely is in Austin (Texas), where the second set of spring wildflowers seems to be approaching its peak.
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Such a lovely time of year, everything bursting with blooms with little effort on our part.
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AnElephant is once again in awe of your talent.
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LOL A little rhyme and a fun time.
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A squillion of squill. 🙂 Very pretty.
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I like that, a squillion. LOL XOXO
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how much fun, but i would love it!
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Most agree with you! Perhaps I do, too. 😀
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This was so fun and light-hearted. I would never tire of too much Squill, blue or white, Brenda! Smiles!
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His blue glade made me want one of my own, but where? LOL
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Lovely flower and lovely words, Brenda! Christine
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Thanks, Christine!
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so pretty…
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Thanks!
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‘lightly striped with blue starlight’ beautiful phrase! I can never get enough squill, especially blue squill next to orange tulips!
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Blue squill and orange tulips, now there’s a picture of beauty! Do you have one?
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I do Brenda! The chicago botanic gardens has this color combination and it’s just beautiful together. i have sold this picture many times.
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Awesome. Does that mean you have a link for it? Or is it a photo only available for sale?
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let’s see if this works https://flic.kr/p/6cwsUV
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That’s gorgeous!
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thank you!
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Do you know Gigi? She takes a lot of pix in the Chicago Botanical Garden, too.
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